Thanks everyone for the wonderful welcome. I believe I made the right choice to join this forum with such nice people.

Thank you Cholly. It is always an adventure when we start to shoot.

A newbie just showing a few of my latest pics of my wife and her friend at night spinning their hula hoops.

Mostly, I have been taking pics of my wife and her dance and fitness group of hula hoopers. That's right....I said Hula Hoopers!!! Lots of night shots with them using LED hoops and also spinning fire hoops....oh yea....hula hoops on fire!!!. Here is one from last month. I posted a couple of more including this one in the photo gallery.

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Thanks Pat....just a couple of hours south.

Thank you Linda.......yes new language is going to be the challenge for me.....that, and applying it to my photos.

Thanks halman....that's the look I was going for when I took and then processed this photo. A very cool old home located in Ft Worth overlooking the Trinity River and Downtown.

My pleasure Ron. There is also an old plantation in Jefferson that is open for tours. We have stayed in Jefferson several times and always find many interesting things to take in.

Caddo Lake has many photo opportunities available in and around the area. The Spanish moss hanging from the Cypress trees creates some amazing images. Also,the city of Jefferson is nearby and has many, many Antebellum style of homes throughout the town. Take the Big Cypress Bayou tour out of Jefferson for a great view of the area and get an insight of the history and some great photo ops.

Hello from Arlington, TX. Novice photographer having much to learn. Getting into DSLR photography from the point and shoot world, after using 35mm SLR for years. Looking forward to all the valuable information available here at The UHH.